2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marion Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marion Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people share a roof in Marion Bay than in most similar areas. This is a place where living alone is common, as the typical home holds just 2.0 people—well below the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Marion Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
| Marion Bay | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5575, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than across the state, with 38.6% of households consisting of one person. Two-person homes are the most frequent, making up 40.9% of all dwellings.
38.6% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Marion Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (45%) and 1 person (43%), with 4 people at 5%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.2% of the total, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national average of 14.1%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 41.6%.
23.2% ▲ +89.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marion Bay, the largest group is Couples without children at 42%, followed by Couples with children (35%) and One-parent families (23%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Marion Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40831/marion-bay/topic/family-households